Coach King Rice leads a young Monmouth men's basketball team, which opened practice for the 2013-14 season on Friday.

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Josh Newman
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Compared to the late 1980s and early 1990s when Monmouth University head coach King Rice was patrolling the backcourt for Dean Smith and the University of North Carolina, the NCAA's rules on practicing have become relaxed.

In addition to recent wrinkles that allow teams to hold summer and fall workouts, the official start of college basketball practice has been moved back two weeks across the country. Simply put, instead of being able to open practice four weeks before the start of the regular season, teams can now open official practice six weeks before the start of the regular season.